Protesters cause damage worth 'millions' to Parliament

The damage caused to Parliament and adjacent Kossuth Square in recent protests adds up to "millions of forints" (HUF 1m = EUR 3,000), parliament's press chief said at MTI's enquiry. Zoltan Szilagyi said they had no exact figure because the damage was still being assessed, but said that two stained glass and several plain windows had been smashed, the stairs to the main entrance had been sprayed with paint, while the bronze lion figures and candelabra on either side of the entrance were tainted with paint and eggs. "Parliament's wall also has innumerable spots of paint or eggs, as well as burn marks," he said, adding that "the mast of the flag of the nation was also spray-painted".